we are fighting for working families who today are falling further and further behind. We have zero Republican support and taking on the insurance companies, the drug companies, the fossil fuel industry, the big money interests, who are…

Well, look, I have, and I think we should be honest about that. And make it clear that unfortunately, right now, and unbelievably, you have many, many Republicans, who are kind of giving up on democracy and want to move us into an…

the function of health care is not to make the insurance companies tens of billions of dollars a year in profit, the function of healthcare is to provide quality care to all people in a cost effective way.

Trump's big lie, this mythology that he actually won the election is part of that effort.

If Congress does not begin to respond to the pain that so many of our people are feeling, they're going to say, why do I want to believe in democracy?

this planet faces an unprecedented crisis in terms of climate change. And the scientists tell us that we got a few years to begin to turn around and transform our fossil fuel system, this bill and the best thing about this bill is it puts…

there is something fundamentally absurd, when the United States is the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people.

section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…

section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…

section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…

section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…

section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…

section 3002 of S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, allows the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to revise budget aggregates, committee allocations, and the pay-as-you-go ledger for legislation…

let me quote from a July 29 letter from over 350 environmental organizations, including Friends of the Earth, Food and Water Watch, and the Climate Justice Alliance, sent to President Biden and Senator Schumer, expressing concerns about…

pathetically, the United States has the highest child poverty rate of almost any major country on Earth, and it is especially high among young people of color. This is the wealthiest Nation on Earth; we should not have the highest rate of…

I call up amendment No. 5208, as modified, and I ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders], for himself and Mr. Merkley, proposes an amendment numbered 5208, as…

the driving force behind the fight against climate change has been young people here in the United States and abroad. They have marched. They have demonstrated. They demanded institutional disinvestment in fossil fuel companies. In short…

I call up amendment No. 5209, and I ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Sanders], for himself and Mr. Merkley, proposes an…

in the richest country on Earth, millions of seniors should not have teeth rotting in their mouths or be unable to afford hearing aids or eyeglasses. In America today, the reality is that a quarter of Americans 65 and older are missing all…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 313 for purpose of this amendment-- Wrong point of order. Let me try again. Mr. President, I raise a point of order that the pending amendment…

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 313 of that act for purposes of this amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There…

the American people are sick and tired of being ripped off by the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, which makes tens of billions of dollars per year in profit, charging us by far the highest prices in the world for our medicine. This…

here is what the Center for Biological Diversity had to say on this bill: This is a climate suicide pact. It's self-defeating to handcuff renewable energy development to massive new oil and gas extraction. The new leasing required in this…

I want to take a moment to say a few words about the so-called Inflation Reduction Act that we are debating this evening. I say ``so-called,'' by the way, because, according to the CBO and other economic organizations that have studied…

I ask unanimous consent that, for the duration of the Senate's consideration of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the majority and Republican managers of the bill, while seated or standing at the managers' desks, be permitted…